Coalpits or sometimes Coal Pits is a townland of 386 acres in Athleague parish, in Killeroran district, in the Killian barony, the Union of Mountbellew, in County Galway, Ireland.[1] Coalpits, which is known in Irish as Clais an Ghuail,[2] is adjacent to the town of Hollygrove.
Griffiths Valuation
Griffith's valuation lists the following people in Coalpits who leased the land they farmed from James Thewles:[citation needed]
- Brennan, Thomas
- Conran, Mary
- Patrick Corboy [sic] aka Patrick Conboy
- Cunniffe, Thomas
- Dignan, Peter
- Farrisy, Michael
- Gavan, Michael
- Gouran, Edmund
- Gouran, Patrick
- Gouran, Thomas
- Harraghtin, Patrick
- Kelly, Catherine
- Lohan, Patrick
- Murphy, Michael
- Ryan, Michael
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